An 18-year-old named Tyquil Whitehead was shot and killed in Newark, New Jersey, on the evening of Friday, September 5, 2014. Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 100 block of Riverside Avenue at about 10:15 p.m. and found Whitehead lying in the street with gunshot wounds. He was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:51 p.m.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force, working with Newark Police detectives, led the investigation. Authorities identified and arrested a 22-year-old from Irvington, Jalill N. Dennis, who was charged in connection with Whitehead’s death. Officials said the shooting did not appear to be related to another fatal shooting in Newark later that same night, and the investigation was described as ongoing as detectives sought additional information.

If anyone has information about what happened on Riverside Avenue that night, please come forward and share what is known.